Pakistan is facing a lot of problems one of them is child labour. Instead of sending their children to schools, people force their children to work. Educating children in place of forcing them to work can yield enormous economic benefits for a developing nation
High cost of living has affected everyone and because of this people are forced to have their children work. Though benefits of education are far more in number, they seem to be not enough to convince poverty struck families to stop sending children to work.
Even if people want to educate their children, they face the problem of high fees of schools. People with low income cannot afford to send their children to schools for studies because private schools are expensive and everyone cannot afford them and the government schools are terrible.
According to survey findings, the major factors responsible for child labour are large population with high population growth rate, almost three-fourths of the total population living in rural areas, with subsistence agricultural activities, low productivity and prevalence of poverty, unpaid family helpers, especially in agricultural activities, discriminating social attitude towards girls and women and inadequate educational facilities.
It is very important to think about this problem and take some proper steps to solve it.
TAZEEN FATIMA
Karachi
